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Last Week in Pleiades (8-15 July 2024)

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Last week the editorial college published 55 new and 266 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Iulian Bîrzescu, Tom Elliott, Ryosuke Furui, Greta Hawes, Carolin Johansson, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Stanisław Ludwiński, Adam Rabinowitz, Rune Rattenborg, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Francis Tassaux, Clifflena Tiah, and Athanasia Varveri.
Last Week in Pleiades (8-15 July 2024)

A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map stretches from the British isles in the northwest to the Gulf of Aden in the south and the Indian subcontinent and Himalaya in the east.

New Place Resources

  • The temple sacred to the god Apollo on the Palatine Hill in Rome.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; R. Scott Smith
  • A city in Armenia on the river Tigris, perhaps founded by Antiochus IV in 165 BC.
    Creators: Chris de Lisle
    Contributors:
  • The Asklepieion of Pheneos dates to the later second century BCE. It was identified via excavation in the late 1950s.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A place included in the Regionary Catalogues for Regio VIII.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Greta Hawes; R. Scott Smith
  • An augural area on the Palatine Hill mentioned in the Regionary Catalogues for Regio X.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A Roman maritime villa located at the southwest corner of the Istrian peninsula, about six kilometers south of Pola. According to Matijašić 1982, the remains of the villa are visible beneath the waters of Paltana Bay.
    Creators: Francis Tassaux
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
  • An opulent Roman domus in the Transtiberim with a complex plan and an extraordinary program of painted and stuccoed decorations, the so-called "Casa della Farnesina" lies beneath the gardens of the Renaissance Villa della Farnesina. One hypothesis holds that it was built following the wedding of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Iulia the Elder. Its wall paintings are a key example of the so-called 'Third style' of Roman wall painting.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An unnamed settlement close to the modern village of Casian is also not far from the rock inscriptions from the Șeremet forest. The rock inscriptions mention the limits of the community of the Kasians and their caves. A house from the Roman period and some coins were found here. The relation between the settlement and the toponym Kasiana or Kasianon is not clear, because of the position of the inscriptions.
    Creators: Iulian Bîrzescu
    Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Tom Elliott
  • The catacombs of San Sebastiano located on the Via Appia are located near the church of the same name. These hypogeal tombs emerged in the third century CE and were linked initially to the relics of the apostles Peter and Paul.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling
  • The so-called Cento Camerelle at Bacoli is an archaeological site that dates initially to the late republican period. A multi-story structure with provisions for a water system and cisterns, the building is linked initially to the Roman consul Quintus Hortensius Hortalus and later to Antonia Minor, the mother of the emperor Claudius.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • The church of Santa Pudenziana near Narni, Italy, dates from the ninth to eleventh centuries CE and reuses spoliated architectural elements from a Roman villa.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An early Christian complex that included a cult building with several construction phases and a vast cemetery.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Cispius Mons, a spur of the Esquiline Hill wedged between the Viminal and the Oppian.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The complex referred to as the Comitium of Pompeii is located in the southeast corner of the square of the Forum and was built during the second century BC.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The Domus Lucina was located on the Via Lata, which is the site where a certain widowed matrona named Lucina harbored Marcellus I and then established a church in his name.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The Eaton House Roman Fort was a Roman auxiliary fort located just outside Pennocrucium.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An ancient settlement in Iberia that was part of the conventus of Carthago Nova, according to Pliny the Elder. It is noted in particular for its salt.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A stream that drains into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Santa Marinella, Italy.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An agricultural estate located near Interamna Lirenas, mentioned in an inscription.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • Located along the course of the Via Appia between Fondi and Itri are the remains of a likely sanctuary of Apollo that dates to the fourth and third century BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Also frequently referred to as "the Heroon" in archaeological literature, this structure at the site of Keryneia in Achaea was excavated in the mid-20th century.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
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  • Extensive gardens in the Transtiberim that were initially owned by Agrippina Maior, the Horti Agrippinae are perhaps best known for their association with the reigns of the emperors Caius and Nero, respectively. These gardens likely covered much of the Ager Vaticanus, including the present-day site of St. Peter's Basilica. Both the circus Gai et Neroni and the theatrum Neronis were included in their extent. A terraced portico was to be found along the riverfront, elements of which were documented archaeologically in 2024 in the area of Piazza Pia.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A Hospitium located at the Porta Stabia of Pompeii.
    Creators: Athanasia Varveri
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
  • The House of Augustus on the Palatine Hill in Rome, ca. 36 BCE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling
  • The House of Lucius Caecilius Jucundus in Pompeii takes its name from one of its latter-day owners, the banker Lucius Caecilius Iucundus who may have perished in the earthquake of A.D. 62.
    Creators: Athanasia Varveri
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
  • The so-called "House of Livia" on the Palatine Hill in Rome is a multi-phase domus with both Republican and Imperial phases.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Pliny the Elder mentions a Lake Sannaus in Asia that is dyed by the wormwood that grows around it.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An archaeological site discovered accidentally in 2000 to the east of Vesuvius in the valley of the Sarno River that preserves important Bronze Age occupational contexts.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • One of a pair of obelisk-shaped tombs located along the Wadi Nefud in Libya.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The small, covered odeon at Catania likely dates to the second century CE and is located adjacent to the open-air theater.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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  • "Palatine Stadium" is likely a misnomer when considering the probable function of this architectural complex located on the southeast corner of the Palatine Hill on the flank of the Domus Augustana-Flavia. Originating during the reign of the Domitian, this complex was restored numerous times, including during the reigns of Hadrian and Septimius Severus. As far as function goes, it may have been an elaborate, porticoed leisure garden.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling
  • The Porta Santo Spirito is a gate of the Leonine Wall.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The Porta Settimiana is a gate in Rome's Aurelianic walls.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Brady Kiesling
  • A Roman cistern at the Villa Gordiani.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The remains of a colonnaded square located near the Cortile di San Pantaleone in Catania are identified as those of the ancient Roman forum.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The Roman theater of Catania was built in the second century CE and remained in use until the fifth or sixth century. It could accommodate approximately 7,000 spectators.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A Sanctuary of Cybèle located adjacent to the theater complex at Lugdunum and dating to the middle of the second century CE.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • The ruins of a sanctuary associated with the Samnites located on Monte Cila, where a megalithic fortification is also attested.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A stairway located at the southwest corner of the Palatine Hill in Rome, the Scalae caci led from the hilltop down to the valley of the Circus Maximus. If the amended manuscript of Plutarch's biography of Romulus is to be followed, then the Scalae caci provide a point of orientation for location of the supposed dwelling of Romulus. According to the text of Solinus, the Scalae caci also represent one of the four corners of Roma quadrata.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Greta Hawes; R. Scott Smith
  • A series of conical tumuli near the Iranian village of Cheshmé Göl. The tumuli were initially identified by Sir Aurel Stein in 1936. They were subsequently investigated by Oscar White Muscarella. The site is located some 5 km east of Dinkha Tepe in the Ushnu valley.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The tomb of the extended family (familia) of Lucius Arruntius (consul 6 CE) was located in the Viale della Principessa Margherita, about 100 meters from the Porta Maggiore.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • The ruins of VII.4.22 at Pompeii are identified as a shop with an associated dwelling and are linked to VII.4.21. The site was excavated in 1822 and again in 1833 and was bombed during the Second World War (13 September 1943). Among the themes depicted in the wall paintings of the structure are those to do with Adonis and his tomb at Byblos.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Greta Hawes; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott
  • Find place for cuneiform inscription.
    Creators: Carolin Johansson; Rune Rattenborg
    Contributors:
  • Somapura Mahavihara was an early medieval Buddhist monastery (vihara) established by king Dharmapala in the late eighth century or the early ninth century CE.
    Creators: Ryosuke Furui
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
  • Promontory South-West of the modern settlement of Naxos, where important remains of obsidian production were found (Paleolithic to LBA)
    Creators: Catherine Bouras
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • Ancient site on the promontory of Strophilas, Andros. Archaeological evidence of a town from Late Neolithic to Early Cycladic (4500-3300 BC).
    Creators: Catherine Bouras
    Contributors: Tom Elliott
  • A multi-period settlement site located in the Jericho Governorate, West Bank.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Thermal baths at Catania dating to the fourth and fifth centuries CE. The archaeological remains are located near the present-day Piazza del Duomo of Catania.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • Theatre, Tigranocerta, Arzen
    Creators: Stanisław Ludwiński
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
  • Ancient textual sources, including Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Plutarch, place the purported dwelling place of Romulus near the Scalae Caci at the southwestern corner of the Palatine Hill in Rome. Whether the place cited by ancient texts and maintained in antiquity until at least the fourth century CE corresponds to the archaeological remains of archaic huts excavated near the Clivus Victoriae remains a matter of debate.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • A domus excavated in Via Graziosa in Rome, Italy (now the Via Cavour) on 7 April 1848 produced a sequence of wall paintings depicting scenes from Homer's Odyssey.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors: Greta Hawes; R. Scott Smith
  • The Vatican necropolis lies beneath Vatican City, specifically beneath the present St. Peter's Basilica, at depths ranging from 5 to 12 meters. The necropolis was partially exposed by means of archaeological excavations in 1940-1949. The necropolis was an open-air burial ground that included both mausolea and tombs. Notable among the documented tombs are the Tomb of the Iulii and the tomb that is conventionally believed to be that of Saint Peter (a.k.a. Peter the Apostle). The tomb of the saint, said to be located near the site of his martyrdom, provides a point of topographic orientation for the Constantinian project that came to be Old St. Peter's. The necropolis remained in use until at least 318.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An ancient Roman road in Sicilia.
    Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
  • A Roman villa of the first century CE located near Farchetto, Italy.
    Creators: Jeffrey Becker
    Contributors:
  • An unlocated settlement known mostly from the Hittite document known as the Proclamation of Anittas (CHT 1). Several different locations have been proposed, including Tell Hammam et-Turkman on the Balikh River.
    Creators: Clifflena Tiah
    Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

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